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Abhishek Kumar Shukla

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arXiv2020

Classifying spaces for étale algebras with generators

We construct varieties B(r;An) such that a map X -> B(r;An) corresponds to a degree-n étale algebra on X equipped with r generating global sections. We then show that when n = 2, i.e., in the quadratic étale case, that the singular cohomology of B(r; An)(R) can be used to reconstruct a famous example of S. Chase and to extend its application to showing that there is a smooth affine r-1-dimensional R-variety on which there are étale algebras An of arbitrary degrees n that cannot be generated by fewer than r elements. This shows that in the étale algebra case, a bound established by U. First and Z. Reichstein is sharp.

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arXiv2019

Essential dimension of double covers of symmetric and alternating groups

I. Schur studied double covers $\widetilde{\Sym}^{\pm}_n$ and $\widetilde{\Alt}_n$ of symmetric groups $\Sym_n$ and alternating groups $\Alt_n$, respectively. Representations of these groups are closely related to projective representations of $\Sym_n$ and $\Alt_n$; there is also a close relationship between these groups and spinor groups. We study the essential dimension $\ed(\widetilde{\Sym}^{\pm}_n)$ and $\ed(\widetilde{\Alt}_n)$. We show that over a base field of characteristic $\neq 2$, $\ed(\widetilde{\Sym}^{\pm}_n)$ and $\ed(\widetilde{\Alt}_n)$ grow exponentially with $n$, similar to $\ed(\Spin_n)$. On the other case, in characteristic $2$, they grow sublinearly, similar to $\ed(\Sym_n)$ and $\ed(\Alt_n)$. We give an application of our result in good characteristic to the theory of trace forms.

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arXiv2018

Essential dimension of inseparable field extensions

Let k be a base field, K be a field containing k and L/K be a field extension of degree n. The essential dimension ed(L/K) over k is a numerical invariant measuring "the complexity" of L/K. Of particular interest is $τ$(n) = max { ed(L/K) | L/K is a separable extension of degree n}, also known as the essential dimension of the symmetric group $S_n$. The exact value of $τ$(n) is known only for n $\leq$ 7. In this paper we assume that k is a field of characteristic p > 0 and study the essential dimension of inseparable extensions L/K. Here the degree n = [L:K] is replaced by a pair (n, e) which accounts for the size of the separable and the purely inseparable parts of L/K respectively, and τ(n) is replaced by $τ$(n, e) = max { ed(L/K) | L/K is a field extension of type (n, e)}. The symmetric group $S_n$ is replaced by a certain group scheme $G_{n,e}$ over k. This group is neither finite nor smooth; nevertheless, computing its essential dimension turns out to be easier than computing the essential dimension of $S_n$. Our main result is a simple formula for τ(n, e).

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